A Naturals Evolution w/ Tim Holtz Ranger Ink - Day 2

 

 

We continue to show you another side of Little Yellow Bicycle by showcasing our Naturals collection and Clear Stamps with Tim Holtz inks, stains and paint from Ranger Ink.  Our design team will share a simple and clever way to include our Naturals and Stamps into their everyday lives and we hope to inspire you to add some Naturals into your lives.  Plus there are prizes, see the fine print at the end...

 

Today Lisa Swift shares her brilliant idea, but let's have her tell you all about it...

 

Upcycled Bottles by Lisa Swift

 

I am far from an expert on stamping, so I have to admit I was a bit intimidated by the wonderful products I received from Tim Holtz/Ranger. Once I started experimenting and getting inky though, I had a blast, fell in love and created a decorative set of upcycled glass bottles.  I wrapped each bottle with a band of burlap and then wound some of the Jute Naturals over the burlap. The burlap and jute create such nice texture together.

For the canvas flowers, I used Little Yellow Bicycle's new clear stamps  (the Everyday set) to repeatedly stamp some of the smaller words onto the flower petals (using Ranger Ink's Archival Ink in Jet Black). I also used Tim Holtz Distress Stain on the edge of the burlap leaves to give them some depth.
I stamped some of the larger words (also from the Everyday set) onto white cardstock, cut them out and added one to each bottle.
In order to draw the eye up to the top of the bottles I used Tim Holtz Ideology memo pins in the cork of the yellow bottle to hold a canvas sentiment (from the Just Because collection) and tucked another pin behind the burlap on the blue bottle to hold a sticker (from the Just Because collection). I didn't want all three bottles to have exactly the same embellishments, so my husband coiled some copper wire for me to use around the neck of the smallest bottle. The sturdy wire perch is the perfect spot for a felt bird (from the Naturals collection).
I have to say how much I loved the opportunity to play with Ranger's products. The Archival Ink pad colors are true and vibrant, the drying time is quick, quick, quick and the final stamped image is complete and flawless. The Distress Stains were perfect for adding a bit of color to the burlap leaves on my project, and the memo pins were great for a little finishing touch.

 

LYB Products:

NA-JT20 Jute Pack - Bright
NA-BF50 Layered Burlap Flowers - Daisy
NA-BS20 Layered Burlap Stickers - Nature
NA-BS10 Layered Burlap Stickers - Tags
CSS-101 Cling Word Stamps - Everyday
JB-140 - Cardstock Stickers - Fresh Verse
JB-201 Canvas Stickers

 

Prizes: We are going to giveaway 2 big boxes of our Naturals on each Friday of the next two weeks (March 8th and 15th).  Just leave a comment here on the blog and/or on our facebook (maybe do both just to be safe) to enter to win. Leave a comment each day and increase your chances. 

 

AND we are giving away a set of stamps each day on each of our social sites: Blog, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.  Leave a comment at each of those sites each day and increase your chances to win some of our amazing stamps.

 

Also, be sure to visit our friends at Ranger Ink on their facebook page. They made their goal of 10,000 fans, because our fans are AMAZING and helped push them over the mark.  I bet they will be celebrating soon, so keep an eye on them...

 

Don't forget... to use all of the inspiration from our Design Team to enter our Naturals Contest.  See details HERE.

 

Happy Tuesday!

Comments

[Sue D]

1.

How fun and colorful!

[DinT]

2.

Naturals are so versatile. What a great way to use the stamps with the flower.

[Court's Crafts]

3.

Loving the bright cherry colors of this project! Super fun!

[Judy B]

4.

Love the bottles, they look really amazing.

[Eileen]

5.

great idea for decorating bottles

[Annie Lou Ricci]

6.

Everything is Wonderful !!! All Good !!!!

[Michelle Salazar]

7.

I love the bottles beyond cool . . . I a thinking I must get some now!

[Janie T]

8.

So cool, love decorated bottles.

[Ange]

9.

Very cool!!

[Sharlene Piscitelli]

10.

Love these ideas!

[Kim H]

11.

love these bottle, beautiful textures and colors. really like the flowers, great idea. thanks for the chance to win.

[Tracy]

12.

Such inspiring ideas!!! Fun things

[jengd]

13.

Such a cute idea!

[Karen Schroeder]

14.

Love how the bottles look "dressed up"!!! Thanks for the chance to win!

[Tammy Lever]

15.

these are really cute. They would be fun to dress up the outside patio furniture or as center pieces. Thanks for the inspiration.

[Carol B]

16.

Adorable projects!!

Carol B
ciaoitalia2007(at)gmail(dot)com

[Teri]

17.

I love your stamps
Thanks,
Teri

[Teri]

18.

I love your stamps
Thanks,
Teri

[Kelley_R]

19.

What a great way to reuse those bottles!

[Cherrie]

20.

oh my - those upcycled bottles are divine!!

[angela]

21.

Love this idea!

[sally]

22.

how beautiful is this!

[Shelly Sundheim]

23.

Can't wait to play with the naturals collection and for K & Krafts in Moorhead, MN to get them all in!

[Lee]

24.

Fabulous project! I love the mix of colors!

[Janet Cobb]

25.

What a great idea! Love the use of recycled bottles.

[Larissa Heskett]

26.

Awesome!! Love your cute creations for today!! Thanks for sharing the ideas and have a fabulous week!! ;)

[Kelli Smith]

27.

Love the finished bottles. It's a great way to recycle bottles while brightening up any room or business.

[Pam Sohan]

28.

These bottles are so cute ! I love all the texture.

[Denise Bryant]

29.

Love the pretty bottles! Lots of great details!

[melissa rhodes]

30.

so cute! after being scared you did awesome!

[marilyn cottrill]

31.

The bottles are adorable...would love to win my faves (LYB,Tim Holtz/Ranger)

[Michelle Moore]

32.

These bottles are adorable!

[shartl]

33.

LOVe those stamped canvas flowers and the texture from the burlap!

[Beverly Jordan]

34.

Love the inspiration! Am off to play with my own Naturals from LYB!! :)

[karenladd]

35.

Love these adorable decorative bottles! So fun!

[C Davis]

36.

I love your creative designs! Your color choices inspire me.

[Joanne S]

37.

I love the idea of stamping on flowers.

[Kim M]

38.

Loving all the ideas!

[Dorina D]

39.

How fun and so cool! What a great idea. So much inspiration and such great products. Thanks

[SuZeQ]

40.

LOVE all of these projects. Well, of course I do ... it's just NATURAL to love them!

[sarina coffin]

41.

I love the final product, those bottles look amazing! So fun, colorful, cheerful and certainly a conversation piece. Something I would love to make and show off.

[Tona]

42.

Love this project! :)

[Rhea Skomorowski]

43.

Love the brights paired with the Naturals! Hubby is getting me some from Micheals on Thursday, can't wait!

[Michelle McClure]

44.

This set is just so delightful! What great color combinations and use of product.

[Rhiannon Ross]

45.

Theses are lovely!!!

[Jean A Marmo]

46.

Bright! Cheerful! Would love these in my house!

[Robin Buchholz]

47.

Love the bottles, they turned really cute!

[Christy G]

48.

Love it.They will make awesome centerpieces for spring.The stamping on the flowes is great.I have to try it.thanks for sharing.

[Lisa L. ( Lisa's Creative Niche)]

49.

These are gorgeous and just make me happy to look at!

[Robin Stewart]

50.

awesomeness.

[Lindsey M D]

51.

wow. Astounding.

[melita]

52.

super cute!

[Lillian Child]

53.

Lisa, your canvas flowers paired with the burlap are absolutely delightful! LOVE those bright colored bottles with these lovely embellishments! Great job!

[Laura Bruynell]

54.

Love the bottles!

[Teri]

55.

I love what you did they look so nice
Thanks for sharing
Teri

[Tina P]

56.

Really love the naturals collection!!!! The Tim Holtz stamps and Little Yellow Bicycle naturals collection make a GREAT pair!!!!!

[Sharon Gullikson]

57.

I just love the natural look of the burlap and canvas!

[Carol Riley]

58.

Cute bottles. I have some of the supplies so thanks for the inspiration.

[LynneJ]

59.

What an awesome project-I just love the look of the Naturals line; they can be used so many different ways!

[fonda rush]

60.

what a fun way to decorate bottles!

[Kathy P]

61.

LOVE LOVE LOVE what you have created here! Great color with the naturals!

[Lisa p]

62.

I love the new Naturals line. I just received some in the mail and can't wait to get creating!

[Samantha T]

63.

Such a bright and fun idea!

[Miriam Prantner]

64.

I love Lisa's bright and sunshiney project, so fun and easy and those stamps are fantastic!

[barbara macaskill]

65.

These are delightful! I have 8" windowsills in every window of our new house and have been trying to think of what I want to do with them. I think I just found out the answer to that question! I am going to have to get down to our little odds 'n' ends shop here in town to see if they have any of these old bottles so I can get to work on them! If not then I will run to the dollar store andget some and dye them myself. thanks for the great inspiration! I am so loving the naturals line. I feel that they give each project just a little bit of "hominess". Thanks for making these great products!

[Kathy A.]

66.

What a creative idea for a gift to a friend Love it

[Karen]

67.

What a cool project, love bottle crafts.

[Ami Diekemper]

68.

Beautiful products! Tfs!"!

[Denise McMichael]

69.

What a great project....love the colors!

[KellyG]

70.

So cool, great idea!

[Amanda Outland]

71.

Great product & projects!

[Kim]

72.

This is a pretty cool project! Possible centre piece idea!!

[Carla Hundley]

73.

Such fun projects! Thanks so much for the great ideas!
Carla from Utah

[Celeste B.]

74.

Beautiful projects. Can't wait to get some of the Naturals.

[barbara f]

75.

I went to Michael's yesterday and guess what I saw on display! LYB NATURALS!! YES!! And guess what I did? Buy, buy, buy.... :)

[Andrea Good]

76.

Really gorgeous bottles! Love the rustic and color combined. The lettered flowers are the perfect touch!

[Sue McRae]

77.

Very fun ways to jazz up some bottles!

[Ruth G]

78.

I love these bright, happy bottles! What a wonderful contrast the naturals products are to the bright and shiny bottles! TFS!

[Pattie's passion {PattiM}]

79.

Such a cute idea, thanks for the inspiration!

Hugs,

PattiM
{Pattie's passion}

I Scrap So All Moments ARe Remembered!

[Alicia Baldwin]

80.

These bottles are downright cute! *Hugs*

[Deb Fagnant]

81.

So many ideas so little time!! Beautiful

[Margie Visnick]

82.

These bottles are beautiful!!

[Darlene Satkewich]

83.

Amazing projects! What a great way to recycle bottles!Thanks for sharing.

[Rebecca Daly]

84.

beautiful

[Debby J]

85.

Love the bottles-I may just redo some of mine!!!

[donnetta firster]

86.

I would love to win

[MaryLouH]

87.

What a great way to recycle bottles. A cute decoration for use anywhere in the house.

[Izzy Anderson]

88.

What a fun project. Gorgeous and creative! Your team is so talented!

[Laura Plunk Davis]

89.

SUPER CUTE !!!!

[Jennie Wheeler]

90.

So pretty! Great ideas for decorating my new place :)

[Candida]

91.

What a creative mixage! I love every detail! Thank you for sharing!
Have a wonderful day!

[Marcia Scantlin]

92.

Those bottles are too cute and very doable.

[Beatrice Lawson]

93.

Love the stamped flowers - such a small step but so effective!

[{vicki}]

94.

L
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the stamping on the flower!

[Judy B]

95.

A very interesting piece of art made with some Ranger inks and recycled bottles. Love the idea!

[Susan M]

96.

I love the inspiration your team keeps coming up with! I need to find some bottles!

[Amanda J]

97.

These are gorgeous!! Love them...beautiful centerpiece!

[Laura G.]

98.

THAT is pretty darn cool!!! Love the mixture of products!!! Well done!!